Ever spotted Sherlock’s plaque near Baker Street? Dame Sheila Sherlock lived for the last 30 years of her life on York Terrace East — one of those stuccoed Nash terraces that few people ever wander down, south of Regent’s Park. Her home was a five minute walk away from that of her fictional namesake at 221b Baker Street. I bet she got sick of the jokes. Dame Sheila’s life was a remarkable one. One of the world’s leading liver specialists, you only have to look at her postnominals — Dame Sheila Patricia Violet Sherlock DBE, FRCP FRCPE FRS HFRSE FMGA FCRGA — to get an idea of how distinguished a career she enjoyed.